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Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:21:34 -0800 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:23:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back What's the name of the PE/sports conditioning activity where you run to a point and back, then to a farther point and back, then to a farther point and back? <br /><br /> I thought they were called "suicides" or something similarly dramatic/intimidating, but googling has yielded scarce (relevant) results.<br> <br> I remember doing them on a basketball court. They may also be done on an American football field, or even just in any large area marked with cones at farther and farther distances from the starting point.<br> <br> I assume that this exercise goes by different names... post:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:21:34 -0800 Temeraria education PE exercise resolved http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255359 wind sprints? comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255359 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:23:11 -0800 virginia_clemm http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255363 We called them wind sprints. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255363 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:24:28 -0800 banishedimmortal http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255364 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/health_and_fitness/4271376.stm">Shuttles or shuttle runs.</a> comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255364 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:24:32 -0800 limeonaire http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255365 My track daughter says "ladders" or "suicides." I told her I thought they were called "winds sprints" and she said "well maybe back in the day." comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255365 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:24:32 -0800 cgk http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255366 Suicides. :) Lovely. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255366 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:25:03 -0800 stormygrey http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255367 Suicides, twenty years ago even. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255367 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:25:32 -0800 stormygrey http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255370 We called them "suicides" back in high school. USA South Carolina comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255370 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:27:08 -0800 ZabeLeeZoo http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255382 Ditto suicides. <a href="https://www.presidentschallenge.org/challenge/physical/activities/shuttle-run.shtml">Shuttle runs</a> were something different. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255382 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:36:28 -0800 restless_nomad http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255385 Suicides when I was in high school in 19(mumblemumble) and suicides when my son was in high school 3 years ago. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255385 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:37:39 -0800 SweetTeaAndABiscuit http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255391 P.S. Adding "conditioning drill" to the word "suicides" in the googles seems to bring up lots more relevant results. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255391 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:39:52 -0800 SweetTeaAndABiscuit http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255394 During highschool basketball practice we called it "running lines". comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255394 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:42:39 -0800 cgg http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255395 Suicides. New Hampshire. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255395 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:43:48 -0800 nathancaswell http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255401 Yep, these are suicides, or suicide sprints. At the end of wrestling practice in high school (6-10 years ago for me), sometimes we would repeat them until the slowest person beat a specified time. Fun stuff. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255401 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:49:16 -0800 Aquinas http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255402 Another data point for wind sprints. Central Indiana, circa 1980. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255402 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:49:44 -0800 worldswalker http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255406 wind sprints! Eastern Washington late 80's. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255406 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:55:47 -0800 fieldtrip http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255416 We called them wind sprints in the early 70's. Everyone love/hated them. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255416 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:06:06 -0800 Pudhoho http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255422 We called them suicides back in middle school, New York State, early 1990's. I would hope that if they're still being used in schools they call them something different now. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255422 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:14:49 -0800 katyggls http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255424 At the exercise class I currently attend, these are called shuttle runs or "liners." (San Francisco Bay Area) comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255424 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:17:05 -0800 purpleclover http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255440 I'm fairly certain we called this "running lines." Wind sprints were different--run at a moderate speed, break into a sprint for 30 seconds, return to the moderate speed, and repeat. This would have been for PE class and/or Track &amp; Field in SW Washington state, late 90s/early 2000s. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255440 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:32:52 -0800 yuwtze http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255460 Ladders. But I have heard "suicides." comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255460 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:00:59 -0800 Eyebrows McGee http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255461 In highschool track (early 90s, midwest, USA) we did them on a basketball court and had to stop, reach down and touch the line we were running to, so they were called "touch-downs." But like everyone else, I've also heard them called "suicides" comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255461 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:14:41 -0800 Sabby http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255466 Suicides. Georgia, mid 80's. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255466 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:28:11 -0800 pearlybob http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255469 Suicides. NY 70's. We also called them gassers occasionally. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255469 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:33:42 -0800 JohnnyGunn http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255480 wind sprints. small central coast town in california in the late 80s. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255480 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:50:32 -0800 koroshiya http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255484 When I played roller derby, we did these on skates, and called them basketball drills. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255484 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:57:16 -0800 mollymayhem http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255487 They are Suicide Shuttles, and you need to say them with this ominous boom. Singapore, just a few months ago. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255487 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:07:43 -0800 undue influence http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255490 Counterpoint: in my (Virginia, prep league) high school, suicides were when the team ran in a line and the poor schlub at the end had to overtake the leader, and on and on. <br> <br> The things you were talking about were shuttle runs. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255490 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:15:34 -0800 charmcityblues http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255497 We called it "running lines" also. Portland, 80s &amp; 90s. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255497 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:36:58 -0800 peep http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255552 Seconding running lines. Our sadistic basketball coach would break us into three relay teams, for extra added chaos and chances to take an elbow to the face if you "weren't careful." If somebody on your team passed you in the relay, you got to do it two more times.<br> <br> He also saved this for after leg-lifts, to work out those cramping abs and thighs. Good times. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255552 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:39:56 -0800 halfbuckaroo http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255568 When I did these in speed skating, we called them <strong>pyramid drills</strong>. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255568 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:34:17 -0800 Cimrmanova http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255593 Suicides, high school basketball practice circa 1983. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255593 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:11:22 -0800 COD http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255615 I have heard suicide sprints, pyramid drills and wind sprints. The point is to empty the glycogen stores in the muscles. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255615 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:52:40 -0800 gjc http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255679 +1 to cgk: Suicides or ladders.<br> (Heard in soccer and track, 2000s.) comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255679 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:35:29 -0800 jorlyfish http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255745 Suicides/ladders in soccer 90's and 00's Texas. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255745 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:54:41 -0800 cmoj http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255774 They were ladders in my high school (PE &amp; football practice), and my boyfriend's high school (PE) - both of which were in the Chicago suburbs. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255774 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:27:50 -0800 youngergirl44 http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255809 Suicides, New Jersey circa 1990s comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255809 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:21:20 -0800 ArgyleMarionette http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255859 Suicides, Pittsburgh area, late 80s/early 90s. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255859 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:35:57 -0800 Chrysostom http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255964 Suicides, until it wasn't cool anymore, then Gym Drills. 80s. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255964 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:46:45 -0800 elle.jeezy http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3255981 In northwest Ohio in the 80's we called these "Michigans". comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3255981 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:54:24 -0800 greasepig http://ask.metafilter.com/225059/Whats-the-name-of-the-PEsports-conditioning-activity-where-you-run-to-a-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back-then-to-a-farther-point-and-back#3256129 Also wanted to add that for me 'shuttles' were running small blocks of wood (like six-inch sections of a 2x4) from point A to B and back again, over and over. I always assumed it was because you were shutting the pieces of wood. We sometimes did this in teams, like a relay, and I think it was part of the Presidential tests in PE, like how high you can jump and reach or sit and reach. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225059-3256129 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:19:34 -0800 youngergirl44